On Monday, Neil deGrasse Tyson, professional scientist and amateur philosopher, signified that he wanted a new force: Truth Force! He tweeted this bit of genius to the world at large:
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1031556958153666561[/TWITTER]
When asked whether he meant he wanted a government agency telling people about “truth,” deGrasse Tyson responded:
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/Hyped4Sci/status/103156119752143667[/TWITTER]2
First off, even the idea that the government is the sole arbiter of scientific truth is disquieting; that specific idea was used to promulgate everything from eugenics to bad food science for years. Regulatory and research capture is a serious problem when tax dollars are at stake.
But more broadly, the notion that the government should be tasked with defining and enforcing truth cuts broadly against the notion of a free republic. That’s nothing new from deGrasse Tyson, who yearns to control everyone’s thought process from above:
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/748157273789300736[/TWITTER]
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34745/problem-neil-degrasse-tysons-truth-force-ben-shapiro
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1031556958153666561[/TWITTER]
When asked whether he meant he wanted a government agency telling people about “truth,” deGrasse Tyson responded:
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/Hyped4Sci/status/103156119752143667[/TWITTER]2
First off, even the idea that the government is the sole arbiter of scientific truth is disquieting; that specific idea was used to promulgate everything from eugenics to bad food science for years. Regulatory and research capture is a serious problem when tax dollars are at stake.
But more broadly, the notion that the government should be tasked with defining and enforcing truth cuts broadly against the notion of a free republic. That’s nothing new from deGrasse Tyson, who yearns to control everyone’s thought process from above:
[TWITTER]https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/748157273789300736[/TWITTER]
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34745/problem-neil-degrasse-tysons-truth-force-ben-shapiro
